South Florida’s humid July days would seem like a bad time to conduct a strenuous boot camp. Yet the FIU School of Accounting’s Boot Camp, held in air-conditioned comfort, has grown into an increasingly popular option for ambitious students. The three-day intensive accounting review is designed to give students a […]
The state of Florida awarded FIU’s School of Accounting (SOA) $1.2 million as part of its TEAm grant. These funds are earmarked for increasing the number of accounting practitioners in Florida’s urban areas. SOA used its TEAm funds to help more students enter the school, and navigate the rigorous challenges of accounting coursework. Six initiatives were designed to give students the help they need, when and where they need it.
Steven M. Berwick, Alfredo N. Cepero, Steven J. Davis, Mario de Armas, Sergio de la Fe, Jr., Jorge N. De La Torre, Carolina Delgado, Robert Feldmann, Alvaro R. Florez, Edward V. Gannon, Rafael H. Garcia, Antonio M. Giro, Raisa Grau, Mitchell R. Less, Ana L. Martinez, Oscar P. Ortiz, Gerardo Pombo, Erbin J. Ramirez, Jorge I. Salgueiro, Gilbert E. Santiesteban and Justin Stone.
For years, the College of Business has delivered high-quality employees and interns to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The global accounting firm expects to hire at least 60 full-time employees and interns from the college by the end of 2015. In 2014-2015, PwC took on several generous initiatives designed to give back to […]
When she came from Cuba to the United States in 2008, Maidelys Ruiz knew English mainly from books. Coming to Miami marked the first plane ride for Ruiz, who emigrated with her parents and younger sister. Six years later, Ruiz not only graduated summa cum laude from the School of […]
Gold again! For the second straight year, the Beta Alpha Psi chapter at FIU received the Gold chapter designation at the organization’s Annual Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in August, 2015. This recognition, awarded by KPMG, goes to only the top 12 BAP chapters in the world, which puts the […]
This year, as the School of Accounting moved into its state-of-the-art MANGO building, we brought faculty and staff offices under one roof for the first time in many years. With new spaces to collaborate, we took the opportunity to reflect on some of our accomplishments in the past year, and […]
After being named the ALPFA Southern Region Student Chapter of the Year for 2014–2015 at the national convention in Atlanta in August 2014, ALPFA FIU demonstrated how they deserved the title by offering terrific opportunities for the members and for the community. “Our year was packed with member events, development […]
Alfonso, Elio, Cheng, C. & Pan, S. (2014). Income Classification Shifting and Mispricing of Core Earnings. Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance. Dichev, I., Huang, Xiaochuan & Zhou, D. (2014). The Dark Side of Trading. Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance. 29 (4), 492-518. Kim, Y., Kim, Jung Hoon, Kwon, […]
In South Florida, identify theft, money laundering, healthcare fraud and other economic crimes are all too rampant. In these scenarios, trained forensic accountants are asked to step in, investigate, and get to the root of issues…
Kaufman Rossin employee-driven campaign results in $100,000 gift to School of Accounting 
Accounting Research: for professors Raghunandan and Rama, it’s all in the family 
Beta Alpha Psi faculty advisor shines at national honors 
ALPFA FIU named Southern Region Student Chapter of the year 
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